Community
Supporting our global communities
Deeply engrained in our culture is a recognition that we have a responsibility to use our skills and resources for the greater good of the communities in which we live and work.
As outlined below, our goal is to make a positive impact on the communities in which we live and work through our pro bono, volunteer and charitable activities, using our talents and time for the benefit of others.
Our global partnership with the International Rescue Committee
In 2023, we proudly announced a new five-year global partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the global non-profit organisation that helps people affected by humanitarian crises.
Founded in 1933 with a mission to ‘help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, to survive, recover and gain control over their future’, the IRC assisted over 32.9 million people in 2022 alone.
In September 2022, David Miliband, President and CEO of the IRC, gave the keynote speech at the firm’s global partner conference and introduced our colleagues to the important work of the IRC. As part of the partnership, Eversheds Sutherland will provide the IRC with both financial and pro bono legal support over the next five years to help it deliver its work supporting those in most need across the 59 countries where it works with its local partners.
To mark the launch, we organised a programme of events to both celebrate and officially launch the partnership that included a global Town Hall held on World Refugee Day 2023 for our 5,000+ people around the world led by Co-CEOs Lee Ranson and Mark Wasserman, with guest speakers from the IRC.
The Town Hall featured a short video which introduced the partnership and featuring a number of our partners and lawyers who work on pro bono legal matters for the IRC.
WATCH:
Our global partnership with the International Rescue Committee
Our support for the IRC to date
Many of our colleagues have been involved in providing pro bono legal advice and support to the IRC on a range of issues.
To date, we have supported the IRC with nearly 30 different pro bono matters involving colleagues from across the globe on various matters including employment law, business operations, Freedom of Information requests, finance advice and IP issues.
Supporting the IRC in this way is part of the firm’s commitment to being a responsible business, using its resources, time and talents for the benefit of those in our wider communities most in need.
We are grateful for the opportunity to make a difference and support the IRC’s inspiring work around the globe.
Supporting our local communities
Our community strategy focuses on three core pillars – social mobility and education, poverty and environment.
Our work in this space includes financial investment via the Eversheds Sutherland (International) Charitable Trust, volunteering, and gifts in kind to support our global, national and local charity partners. In FY22/23, our people spent over 10,000 hours on Community activity.
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Supporting our global communities
Deeply engrained in our culture is a recognition that we have a responsibility to use our skills and resources for the greater good of the communities in which we live and work.
As outlined below, our goal is to make a positive impact on the communities in which we live and work through our pro bono, volunteer and charitable activities, using our talents and time for the benefit of others.
Our global partnership with the International Rescue Committee
In 2023, we proudly announced a new five-year global partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the global non-profit organisation that helps people affected by humanitarian crises.
Founded in 1933 with a mission to ‘help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, to survive, recover and gain control over their future’, the IRC assisted over 32.9 million people in 2022 alone.
In September 2022, David Miliband, President and CEO of the IRC, gave the keynote speech at the firm’s global partner conference and introduced our colleagues to the important work of the IRC. As part of the partnership, Eversheds Sutherland will provide the IRC with both financial and pro bono legal support over the next five years to help it deliver its work supporting those in most need across the 59 countries where it works with its local partners.
To mark the launch, we organised a programme of events to both celebrate and officially launch the partnership that included a global Town Hall held on World Refugee Day 2023 for our 5,000+ people around the world led by Co-CEOs Lee Ranson and Mark Wasserman, with guest speakers from the IRC.
The Town Hall featured a short video which introduced the partnership and featuring a number of our partners and lawyers who work on pro bono legal matters for the IRC.
WATCH:
Our global partnership with the International Rescue Committee
Our support for the IRC to date
Many of our colleagues have been involved in providing pro bono legal advice and support to the IRC on a range of issues.
To date, we have supported the IRC with nearly 30 different pro bono matters involving colleagues from across the globe on various matters including employment law, business operations, Freedom of Information requests, finance advice and IP issues.
Supporting the IRC in this way is part of the firm’s commitment to being a responsible business, using its resources, time and talents for the benefit of those in our wider communities most in need.
We are grateful for the opportunity to make a difference and support the IRC’s inspiring work around the globe.
Supporting our local communities
Our community strategy focuses on three core pillars – social mobility and education, poverty and environment.
Our work in this space includes financial investment via the Eversheds Sutherland (International) Charitable Trust, volunteering, and gifts in kind to support our global, national and local charity partners. In FY22/23, our people spent over 10,000 hours on Community activity.